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'After his dad dies in a fishing accident, Stride turns to Ferd, his dad's pet bird, for comfort. He's determined to make sure nothing in his life changes so dramatically ever again. But soon Ferd makes a new friend - a girl! - and Stride's mother makes unsettling plans, and suddenly everything safe and familiar in his world spirals dangerously out of control...
'This summer, Stride has to overcome more than just his grief for his father - he has to learn to let go, trust others and even put his own life at risk. And he has to find a way to accept that change isn't always a huge and terrible thing.
'A coming-of-age novel about a boy, a bird and a bond that even a bushfire can't break.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Stride's Summer
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 16 no. 1 2008; (p. 52-53)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction -
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2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 52 no. 1 2008; (p. 33)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction -
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2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 3 2007; (p. 49)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction -
[Untitled]
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 22 no. 4 2007; (p. 38)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 87 no. 1 2007; (p. 58)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 87 no. 1 2007; (p. 58)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction -
[Untitled]
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 22 no. 4 2007; (p. 38)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 52 no. 1 2008; (p. 33)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction -
Stride's Summer
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 16 no. 1 2008; (p. 52-53)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 3 2007; (p. 49)
— Review of Stride's Summer 2007 single work children's fiction
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